Antarctic sea ice in dizzying decline since 2014: study
After mysteriously expanding for decades, Antarctica’s sea ice cover melted by an area four times greater than France in just a few years and now stands at a record low, according to a study published Monday. Scientists already knew Antarctica was thawing at an increasing rate because of accelerating discharge from glaciers. But between 1979 and 2014, they observed a phenomenon that was both intriguing and reassuring: the sea ice cover was expanding. From 2014 to 2017, however, the Antarctic’s sea ice cover receded to two million square kilometers from a peak area of 12.8 million square kilometers. The reason behind the this remain unknown.
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